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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "huge deposit" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348033024569 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • r_chambers@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert Brown"<jfjfjfkfkffkk@myway.com>
Reply-To: r_chambers@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:11:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear friend!!




Robert &amp; Co,Chambers.10 Osolo way Isolo LagosNigeriaTell: +123-1-794 8692Cell: +234-80330 24569Email: r_chambers@yahoo.fr
Good Day
I am the Personal Assistant to Late Mr.Williams Moore, who is a national of your country,and work with shell company London. On 21st of October 2002, my Client, his wife and four children were involved in a car accident along the Kingsway Road. All occupants of the Vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several efforts to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives through an International chambers of commerce directory here in Nigeria by a friend advice, to locate any member of his family to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get on fiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank, where this huge deposits/lodged.
Particularly,Bank where the deceased had a deposit value of $ 29 million dollars. The Bank as issued me a notice to provide the next of kin that will come and claim this fund or have it confiscated within the next three official working months. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 13 months now I seek your consent to present you as the next of Kin of my deceased client to enable us take over the proceeds of this deposit value at $29 million dollars be paid to you in person in Europe and then you and I will share the money.
I do not know if you are in anyway related to him as your names are similar to his,even if you are not in anyway related to him, I want to know if you will be interested to do the business with me. If you are interested in this proposal, I will want us to have a meeting to enable us agree on the modalities to do the business and the sharing ratio and the method to carry out the operation.
Above all the meeting will afford us the opportunity to know ourselves and to know the roles to be played by any of us! . I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are making. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.You have to assure me of your honesty and sincerity that you will not sit on the fund when it is finally claimed to enable us forge ahead immediately, you have to keep this business very secret/confidential.
Best regards.Mr.Robert Brown

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